Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to secure private treatment records that may provide more information about the Veteran's condition leading to his death.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the lack of attempts to obtain private facility records from where the Veteran was hospitalized at the time of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of death: Refractory cardiogenic shock
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106714
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